To catch fish from the ocean they stun them with chemicals which often kill many corals. Did you actually think they could catch enough reef fish for retail using a net?

Do you really think they can catch enough fish to make even the slightest impact on the population?

In some places I'm sure they still do but I believe the companies are trying harder now to preserve the reefs considering without them they wouldnt make anymore money.

I believe almost all fish from Hawaii, the west atlantic, caribbean, florida, even the philippines where chemical harvesting used to be wide spread are now using nets to catch a majority of the fish. Yay :razz:

I don't follow you. First you're against wild caught fish and now you're cheering for them? You also just told Marko that people can't possibly catch enough fish with nets for retail sale but one hour later it's possible? A lot have places have abandoned cynide harvesting for netting a long time ago mainly due to the fact that 90% of fish caught in this practice die within 3 weeks and you can't make money selling dead fish. North American, Austrailian and European governments also have laws in place about importing fish caught in what is deemed to be an illegal manner. Hobbiests, LFS, Importers and governments are all doing something to improve sustainable reefs and have been for awhile now. This is not news to anybody in the hobby or trade.

I dont believe that global warming will cause the reefs to disappear.......I think that they will just migrate........ so maybe someday will will have coral reefs in Vancouver and out on the rock.....and as far as farm raised fish.....anybody read this months articles in Coral Magazine?:wink:

I wonder how these reefs that are millions of years old survived the big climate change only 10,000 years ago known as the ice age? Not having to freeze my a$$ off in the Vancouver area oceans to do some snorkelling would be awsome! I don't think I'm ever going to turn my trucks engine off again.:lol:

interesting thought doug, ive been reading more and more stories over the past while of certain fish and corals found far out of their region...i guess thats what happens when things grown and evolee...kinda like the way alot of foreign things found its way to this side of the world and thrived after it survived the breakin period:):)

i never read cm's issue this month what is the jist of it anything interesting??

ummmm ever hear of overfishing....codfish ring a bell???????

I thought that was because you guys weren't clubbing enough seals?:lol:

cmon Denny you cant really compare a diver with a small net to a commercial troller????